It’s enough to ruin your whole day! Somebody loses control and ends up with a roll-over that clearly messes up their trailer. Happily, they kept the truck upright and it looks like they lived to tell the tale.
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Aluminum chassis? More bendable than steel. Then set a cheap wood box set on top. What else would one expect?
Maybe should have used longer screws. It literally fell apart before it hit the ground.
Consider a Hensley Arrow next time. Ive seen their video where they deliberately tried to make trailer sway. Could not.
Always go for the lowest price. It s fun to watch the outcome!
Methinks too many toys in the back of that toy hauler!
This is why whenever I use wood in a trailer, I try to use bolts to hold things together, including the floors for cheap and small utility trailers. I usually use a minimum of grade 8 – 1/4″ coarse bolts with a washer under the bolt and nyl-nut. Inside a van things are bolted to the side members., floors, or the frame itself. For very light things, such as brackets, a pop rivet backed by a #6 washer will do. I will weld brackets to a frame I made myself, but, not a vehicle body because the skin is too weak.
That trailer never should have come apart like that before it even hit the ground. I guess this is part of the reason you are not allowed to travel in towed trailers.
Not to mention too much trailer for such a small truck. If you lose control of a trailer, heading towards the rumble strip is probably a bad idea …
At least the passenger vehicle did not flip, so the only thing hurt was the wallet.
“Boo-boo”??
No way around it. That’s a “disaster”.
I learned early that an equalizer hitch is a must!